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Polish term or phrase:
ludzie zabawy
English translation:
jesters, entertainers
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Polish term
Poland
ludzie zabawy
Polish to English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
History, Middle Ages
Tekst opowiada o tzw. ludziach zabawy w kontekście grup społecznych w średniowieczu. Wg autorki grupa ta obejmowała zarówno tych, którzy dostarczali rozrywki innym (aktorzy, muzycy, sztukmistrze itp.), ale też tych którzy oddawali się rozrywkom bądź prowadzili hulaszczy tryb życia.
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| 4 | jesters |
Erzsébet Czopyk
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| 3 | bon vivants |
Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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| 3 | swingers |
Kamila Ołtarzewska
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| 1 | fools |
geopiet
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Aug 7, 2020 11:09: Erzsébet Czopyk changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/695645">Magdalena K.'s</a> old entry - "ludzie zabawy"" to ""jesters""
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Erzsébet Czopyk
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jesters
The Teeming World of the Jesters
But who were these turpi histriones? According to the definitions proposed by some scholars of the past, such as Edmond Faral and Ramón Ménendez-Pidal, the main feature that jesters had in common was their professionalism[1]
Edmond Faral describes the jesters as « tous ceux qui faisaient…. In order to earn a living, they exhibited themselves in a wide range of spectacular forms, extending from tests of skill to displays of portents and wonders, puppets, and exotic animals. The generic definition of ‘jester’ thus includes tale-singers, musicians, mimes, pantomimes, buffoons, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, acrobats, dancers, contortionists, animal trainers, serpent tamers, court buffoons and other performers.
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-philosophie-2...
https://www.theartiste.co.uk/post/popular-medieval-entertain...
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-07-30 11:00:53 GMT)
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If you do not wish to be specific, call them entertainers.
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Note added at 8 days (2020-08-07 11:09:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
But who were these turpi histriones? According to the definitions proposed by some scholars of the past, such as Edmond Faral and Ramón Ménendez-Pidal, the main feature that jesters had in common was their professionalism[1]
Edmond Faral describes the jesters as « tous ceux qui faisaient…. In order to earn a living, they exhibited themselves in a wide range of spectacular forms, extending from tests of skill to displays of portents and wonders, puppets, and exotic animals. The generic definition of ‘jester’ thus includes tale-singers, musicians, mimes, pantomimes, buffoons, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, acrobats, dancers, contortionists, animal trainers, serpent tamers, court buffoons and other performers.
https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-philosophie-2...
https://www.theartiste.co.uk/post/popular-medieval-entertain...
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Note added at 8 mins (2020-07-30 11:00:53 GMT)
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If you do not wish to be specific, call them entertainers.
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Note added at 8 days (2020-08-07 11:09:57 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you.
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fools
A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester
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The sense evolution probably is from Vulgar Latin use of follis in a sense of "windbag, empty-headed person." Compare also Sanskrit vatula- "insane," literally "windy, inflated with wind." But some sources suggest evolution from Latin folles "puffed cheeks" (of a buffoon), a secondary sense from plural of follis. One makes the "idiot" sense original, the other the "jester" sense. - https://www.etymonline.com/word/fool
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The sense evolution probably is from Vulgar Latin use of follis in a sense of "windbag, empty-headed person." Compare also Sanskrit vatula- "insane," literally "windy, inflated with wind." But some sources suggest evolution from Latin folles "puffed cheeks" (of a buffoon), a secondary sense from plural of follis. One makes the "idiot" sense original, the other the "jester" sense. - https://www.etymonline.com/word/fool
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Frank Szmulowicz, Ph. D.
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bon vivants
A person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bon_vivant
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bon_vivant
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Kamila Ołtarzewska
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